13th June 2020
Where do the weeks go?
This year has stumbled through a lot of challenges. We have survived without toilet paper for months, only now are we able to get some as part of our weekly deliveries. However the grade is the lightweight type, the kind that if they were air dropped they would never reach the ground.
But it’s bog roll so I shouldn’t complain.
I had some news that there were a few redundancies at Herman Miller in Melksham.
This is a sad time for the many effected having gone though the quarantine, and uncertainty only to be rewarded by this, really sucks. All the talent that was hired, has been wasted, lives have been disrupted, and people’s future uncertain. Businesses have to survive, the shareholders demand it, but many are using this as an excuse for major restructuring.
The office furniture market in the UK has been struggling for years, but the pandemic, and workers being forced to work from home, has created opportunities to design products to cater for the office at home. I have seen some products, rapidly developed and marketed for this new sector.
Both Kelli and I have been surprised by the amount of product we have shifted during the lockdown. Our sales are up on last year, meaning that people have money to spend. We haven’t been to Goodwill in months, and we still have been able to find stuff to renovate.
I am moving on with the dining table. The top has had four coats of polyurethane, so a couple more and then the polishing begins. I was a bit apprehensive about starting the legs, because they are so ornate I wasn’t sure how the stain would take, but I was pleasantly surprised how well the first one came out.
Another Lifetime to go 